In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The hand above turns those leaves of loves, all in all a timeless view. Each dream of life flung from paradise everlasting,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I would always say to anyone, you make choices that are important to you. Don't allow yourself to be exploited by something… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth. For nothing is more… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I never thought of being a performer, never thought of being a singer, never thought of being a photographer. It's just the… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The film [Dream of Life] is the way it is because it was the rhythm of my life, and also because the… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The truth is, no matter how modest Steven [Sebring] is, he was obsessed with the outcome of the film [Dream of Life].… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The film [Dream of Life] is not really an amateur work, despite the fact that none of us have ever done anything… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Since childhood, it was my dream to go where all the poets and artists had been. Rimbaud, Artaud, Brancusi, Camus, Picasso, Bresson,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I never had aspirations to go into politics or medicine. I always wanted to be an artist of some sort. I wasn't… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The film [Dream of Life], in the end, is life-affirming, and I think it's always useful for people to be reminded that… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I was at one of the lowest points of my life when we started this film [Dream of Life], except, of course,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I dreamed of having a book of my own, of writing one that I could put on a shelf. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
People don't realize we have these built-in seven-league boots. The body can go anywhere. It is physically capable of sustaining almost any… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The film [Dream of Life] doesn't hide anything, except maybe moments of sorrow or darkness that belonged to me. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Sometimes [people] seem to think I came out of the womb, you know, cursing, with an electric guitar. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“Inside it he inscribed a few lines of poetry, portraying us as the gypsy and the fool, one creating silence; one listening closely to… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“I clawed through a thick web of the culture’s consciousness that I hadn’t known existed.” — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Ultimately, we are not seeking others to bow to, but to reinforce our individual natures, to help us suffer our own choices, to guide… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
If I'm taking a picture of Brancusi's grave, I know that there's something of him, of his mortal remains, beneath my feet, and there's… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I'm certain, as we filled down the great staircase, that I appeared the same as ever, a moping twelve years-old, all arms and legs.… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
New York is the thing that seduced me. New York is the thing that formed me. New York is the thing that deformed me.… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I don't wanna be equal with anybody. I wanna be above equal. I don't think most people are equal to me. I'd like to… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
![“The film [Dream of Life] is the way it is because it was the rhythm of my life, and also because the director and the editor are both gifted and both fine human beings.” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/75b/patti-smith-394_cinema_the-film-dream-of-life-is-the-way-it-is_838676.jpg)
![“The truth is, no matter how modest Steven [Sebring] is, he was obsessed with the outcome of the film [Dream of Life]. Every single frame was important to him.” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d6f/patti-smith-394_dream_the-truth-is-no-matter-how-modest-steven_971399.jpg)
![“The film [Dream of Life] is not really an amateur work, despite the fact that none of us have ever done anything like this before; aesthetically, none of us are amateurs.” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3f3/patti-smith-394_cinema_the-film-dream-of-life-is-not-really-an_992436.jpg)
![“The film [Dream of Life], in the end, is life-affirming, and I think it's always useful for people to be reminded that no matter how rough things get, no matter what kind of twists and turns our lives can take, we can keep going, we can create something new.” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d4c/patti-smith-394_affirming_the-film-dream-of-life-in-the-end-is-lif_1269017.jpg)
![“The film [Dream of Life] looks at a time in my life.” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e5f/patti-smith-394_cinema_the-film-dream-of-life-looks-at-a-time-i_1404149.jpg)
![“I think the film [Dream of Life] is life-affirming.” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b38/patti-smith-394_affirming_i-think-the-film-dream-of-life-is-life-a_1630605.jpg)
![“I was at one of the lowest points of my life when we started this film [Dream of Life], except, of course, that I had two great children. But the film is not documenting a decline; it's documenting a rise up - first baby steps and then big steps up. The worst that could have ever happened to me…” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/788/patti-smith-394_ascent_i-was-at-one-of-the-lowest-points-of-my_2048809.jpg)
![“The film [Dream of Life] doesn't hide anything, except maybe moments of sorrow or darkness that belonged to me.” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/55e/patti-smith-394_darkness_the-film-dream-of-life-doesn-t-hide-anyt_3215599.jpg)
![“Sometimes [people] seem to think I came out of the womb, you know, cursing, with an electric guitar.” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c73/patti-smith-394_cursing_sometimes-people-seem-to-think-i-came-ou_28268.jpg)
